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Regional Leadership in Authoritarian Contexts - Saudi Arabia's New Military Interventionism as Part of Its Leadership Bid in the Middle East

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Sunik, Anna

Abstract

Saudi Arabia's coalition-based intervention in the Yemeni Civil War in March 2015 marked a stark departure from its previous foreign policy characterized by the leverage of its financial power ("riyalpolitik") instead of military interventionism. Saudi Arabia's "new assertiveness" in recent years ha... view more

Saudi Arabia's coalition-based intervention in the Yemeni Civil War in March 2015 marked a stark departure from its previous foreign policy characterized by the leverage of its financial power ("riyalpolitik") instead of military interventionism. Saudi Arabia's "new assertiveness" in recent years has been analyzed as a form of balancing against Iran and a reaction against regional instability in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings since 2011 and the US withdrawal from the region. While this explains the heightened foreign policy activity and militarization, it does not present a convincing rationale for the Saudi intervention in Yemen: Why not confront Iranian expansionism in Syria or Iraq? And why would a largely reclusive autocracy model its alliance formation after the Western "coalition of the willing"? By adding insights from literature on autocratic institutions to the existing systemic arguments, this article suggests that while regional power shifts provided the opportunity structure for Saudi assertiveness, the symbolic dimension of the coalition to signal regional leadership explains the shape of its new regional foreign policy.... view less

Keywords
political conflict; international conflict; Saudi Arabia; foreign policy; war; hegemony; national state; international system; domination; authoritarian system; military intervention; Yemen; Iran; United States of America; Middle East

Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy

Document language
English

Publication Year
2018

Page/Pages
p. 65-85

Journal
Rising Powers Quarterly, 3 (2018) 1

Issue topic
Regional Leadership and Multipolarity in the 21st Century

ISSN
2547-9423

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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